Edited by McArthur Joseph
While we judge the quality of our bands on their music we’d be lying if we also didn’t judge them on their fashion choices. That being said here are some of current favorite bands with style that hail from the US.
Click through to view my picks
Edited by Saynt
GALLERY: The Indies Parties with Cobra Starship
We jammed with the guys who make Good Girls Go Bad, drove around in Ford Fiesta’s, and took a dip in the Standard’s pool for the Stylmee App launch. Good times.
After a few years of seemingly riding Pete Wentz’s coattails (as an opening band for Fall Out Boy and an act on Wentz’s record label, Decaydance), New York party rockers Cobra Starship suddenly land a Top 10 hit (“Good Girls Go Bad,” featuring “Gossip Girl” star Leighton Meester) and generate some buzz of their own. Two previous, rather iffy albums, some novelty tunes (“I Kissed a Boy,” “Hollaback Boy”) and a theme song for “Snakes on a Plane” couldn’t have prepared anybody for latest release “Hot Mess,” an appropriate title for this disparate, incredibly fun record. Here they played a very damn cool show on the roof of Manhattan Ford, who were celebrating the launch of the new, improved, cooler than you would ever think Fiesta.
Edited by Rebecca Alexander
The next VMAN Magazine is the “How-To” Issue (#17), featuring five of the hottest pop stars, including Justin Bieber, Adam Lambert, Gerard and Mikey Way from My Chemical Romance and Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship. Each pop star was shot by Mark Abrahams, including Bieber, who arrived on shoot after the VEVO launch party still sporting the now famous lipstick mark he received from Rihanna. VMAN #17 does not hit newsstands until January 28, 2010.
Edited by Schulyr Morgan, Shop Editor
This holiday season you can give (or get) some tees from your favorite bands for only $15 courtesy of Myspace Music and Shockhound. Get band tees from Weezer, Brand New, Cobra Starship, Owl City, and more..plus, the first buyers get tons of free gifts! Better act fast, the holiday collection is only available for the month of December, and the gifts are sure to go quick!
Edited by Hillary Frazier
Cobra Starship is really good at having a lot of really hot girls in their music videos. Check out the video for ‘Hot Mess,’ the song to the album title, and see them pick up a lot of hot, drunken girls the same way the Ghostbusters pick up ghosts. No one can be as hot as Leighton Meester in ‘Good Girls Go Bad,’ but they can try!
LINK LOVE: Just Jared
Edited by Hillary Frazier
A+ to their stylist. Our friends Cobra Starship fit together perfectly at the VMAs last night (although Gabe is a little off the color scheme, I’m glad to see him without the white Ray-Ban glasses). Although some may say they’re a little too matched, I think they surpassed most of the fashion don’ts that were out and about last night.
LINK LOVE: MTV
Edited by Corey Moran
There was no shortage in attendance at last night’s U:Music Concert hosted by Diesel at Webster Hall, and even as the night pushed on later and later the line was still going strong. Thanks to our friends over at Cornerstone, Hillary and I were lucky enough to not only see the such bands as Passion Pit, Cobra Starship, The Clipse, The Roots and Kanye West perform, but we got a chance to sit down and ask Passion Pit and Cobra Starship some pretty interesting (and funny) fashion questions.
The drinks were flowing at the all night open bar, and as Hillary and I enjoyed are drinks of choice, we warmed up the camera for the onslaught of pictures that were about to be taken.
First up, Passion Pit! Due to a few personal connections to the band, I have to admit I was most excited to see Passion Pit. The band certainly didn’t let me down either. Mike Angelakos’ falsetto was in full effect, and the band put on one of the best shows I’ve seen all year.
After Passion Pit wrapped up, Cobra Starship jumped on stage to perform a mix of new and old tracks, including Good Girls Go Bad off their upcoming album Hot Mess. The band got the dance party going for sure, and despite not having Leighton Meester come out to sing along, Cobra Starship definitely killed it.
Then came the surprise of the night! The Clipse got up on stage and performed a handful of songs, one of which “The new king of pop” Kanye West came on stage to help out with. Due to the fact that I have never seen The Clipse before, I must admit they stole the show for me! Oh and did I mention that when I tried to snap a picture of Kanye backstage I was almost thrown out of the event by his douchey bodyguard? LAME!
The Roots closed out the night with a solid performance as well. Quest Love was on the drums as always with his signature Afro flying proud. After plenty of drinks and a lot of time on our feet, it was time for Hillary and I to call it a night. A quick late night bite to eat, and back to the apartment to blog. Be sure to check out all the additional coverage of the Diesel U:Music event on Fashion Indie, I mean we were up until 5am blogging so show some love people!
Thanks again to everyone involved with the event, Karli, Passion Pit, Cobra Starship, and last but not least, Diesel.
Edited by Corey Moran
Ah the infamous girl who passes out at the concert before the second performer hits the stage. It’ quite obvious at events like this who the real party goers are. Mental notes people, by all means get your money’s worth at open bar, but be careful of the infamous snowball effect. Clearly this girl found herself at amateur hour tonight. Oh well, you’ll learn!
Edited by Corey Moran
The stars of last night’s (again that is assuming you are reading this on Friday, despite it being posted at 4am) Cobra Starship put on quite the show. Gabe Sporta was his usual energetic self moving all across the stage, and while the clip above doesn’t feature the expected “special guest” Leighton Meester, their synth player Victoria takes over just fine. Check out the clip of them performing “Good Girls Go Bad” off their upcoming album Hot Mess, which will hit shelves August 11!
Edited by Hillary Frazier
“I haven’t bought a pair of jeans in ten years, fuck you Diesel!”
Oopsies!!! Someone at Diesel isn’t going to be happy with mister Gabe tomorrow (or today, rather, sleep isn’t an option at fashion indie…we wanted you to hear it first. You’re welcome in advance from Hillary and Corey at 4:03 AM)
